for higher things. Will God take us up to an imaginary heaven in a chariot of fire, or do we use our mind to lift ourselves heave nward? "God helps those who help themselves" holds good in the heavens as in the earth. We begin right where we are to bring forth the kingdom of God within us. Every problem of life can be successfully solved if we begin with the use of the I AM on the various planes of mind. It is not we alone; it is when we realize that we can connect ourselves with the Father-Mind and prove what Jesus said--"I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works"--that our potential almightiness begins to appear.
If you are given to worry and anxiety, think about the fearless confidence and trust of the Spirit. This will at once relieve your mind of the thoughts that have stirred you, and the power of the Spirit will begin its work of straightening out your affairs. If you are overwhelmed with material work and the call of the outer world, stop and concentrate in the I AM and say: "I am Spirit. I do not believe in matter or material conditions. I have power, because I know that all power is in Divine Mind. Divine Mind now sets my thoughts and all my affairs in divine order, and I rest in the confidence and peace of thekingdom within."
You can have a well body, but you must begin to build it with your word. Instead of laying up weak and sick words in your body, begin now to
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